Chemical and Biotechnological Process Technology

Fermentation technology principles; media composition, development, optimization and upscaling of fermentation processes, unit operations (downstream) processes, reactor design and dimensioning. Examples of various biotechnological processes. Enzymatic processes (biocatalysis / biotransformation).

Calculations of material and energy balances for one- and multi-stage systems, both with and without reactor and recycling. Simple and complex reaction scheme and reaction scope. Calculation of change in enthalpy by chemical reactions, phase transition and dilution. Examples of industrial processes and how these are described by balance equations. Simple process modeling.

• The student can describe and explain the principles for and developement of a fermentation process including downstream processes.
• The student can calculate yield, oxygen demand and oxygen transfer in a biological production process.
• The student has knowledge of how to set up and run a lab-scale bioreactor experiment, as well as interpret measurement data.
• The student can describe and give examples of sustainable, industrial biological production processes.
• The student can describe and explain how mass and energy balances are calculated, and can perform quantitative calculations in a chemical stationary system, both with and without reactor and recirculation.
• The student can set up and interpret flowchart and perform degree of freedom analysis, as well as set up relevant balance equations based on the form.
• The student can perform simple process modeling using relevant digital tools such as Python.

Lectures, theory and laboratory work (demonstration) with compulsory attendance. Expected time: Lectures: 60 hours, exercises+ project: 30 hours, laboratory work (demonstration, calculations included):10 hours. Self study: 100 hours